diff --git a/docs/references/index.rst b/docs/references/index.rst
index 3545268..4393321 100644
--- a/docs/references/index.rst
+++ b/docs/references/index.rst
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ This is the class and function reference of psignifit.
 
     psignifit
     pool_blocks
+    config_from_matlab
     Configuration
     Result
 
diff --git a/psignifit/__init__.py b/psignifit/__init__.py
index d4fac5d..ebbd6ca 100644
--- a/psignifit/__init__.py
+++ b/psignifit/__init__.py
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@
 from ._pooling import pool_blocks
 from ._configuration import Configuration
 from ._result import Result
+from ._matlab import config_from_matlab
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/psignifit/_configuration.py b/psignifit/_configuration.py
index ff5a48e..e4d0aad 100644
--- a/psignifit/_configuration.py
+++ b/psignifit/_configuration.py
@@ -64,11 +64,6 @@ class Configuration:
     def __post_init__(self):
         self.check_attributes()
 
-    @classmethod
-    def from_matlab_options(cls, option_dict: Dict[str, Any], **kwargs):
-        python_configs = config_from_matlab(option_dict, **kwargs)
-        return cls(**python_configs)
-
     @classmethod
     def from_dict(cls, config_dict: Dict[str, Any]):
         config_dict = config_dict.copy()
diff --git a/psignifit/tests/test_matlab.py b/psignifit/tests/test_matlab.py
index 29d52b4..6899ddc 100644
--- a/psignifit/tests/test_matlab.py
+++ b/psignifit/tests/test_matlab.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def yield_test_data(cases=yield_test_cases()):
 
 
 def compare_with_matlab(data, options, results):
-    config = psignifit.Configuration.from_matlab_options(options, raise_matlab_only=False)
+    config = psignifit.config_from_matlab(options, raise_matlab_only=False)
     pyresults = psignifit.psignifit(data, conf=config)
     # Testing for similarity:
     # allclose(actual, desired) = abs(actual - desired) <= atol + rtol * abs(desired)
@@ -73,5 +73,3 @@ def test_all_matlab_cases(data, options, results):
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('data,options,results', yield_test_data(test_case_subset), ids=test_case_subset)
 def test_few_matlab_cases(data, options, results):
     compare_with_matlab(data, options, results)
-
-